Vehicle communication system

US11332167B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Transportation IP Holdings, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jared Klineman Cooper · Melbourne, US
• Brian Joseph McManus · Melbourne, US
• Frank Wawrzyniak · Melbourne, US
• Ralph C. Haddock, III · Melbourne, US
• Robert James Foy · Melbourne, US
• James Glen Corry · Palm Bay, US
• Mark Bradshaw Kraeling · Melbourne, US
• Todd William Goodermuth · Melbourne, US
• Eugene Smith · Sharpsburg, US
• Steven Andrew Kellner · Melbourne, US
• Joseph Mario Nazareth · Melbourne, US
• Brian William Schroeck · Melbourne, US
• David Michael Peltz · Melbourne, US
• Jeffrey D. Kernwein · Cedar Rapids, US
• Daniel Rush · Palm Bay, US
• David Allen Eldredge · Melbourne, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 2019
• Grant date: May 17, 2022
• Expiry date: Jan 13, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T90/16
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system includes one or more processors, a communication device, and a positive train control (PTC) system. The one or more processors and communication device are onboard a lead vehicle of a vehicle system that includes the lead vehicle and a first remote vehicle. The PTC system is configured to restrict movement of the vehicle system based on a location of the vehicle system. The PTC system communicates a list of vehicle identifiers to the one or more processors. The communication device communicates a wireless linking message, which includes a vehicle identifier associated with the first remote vehicle, to the first remote vehicle. The communication device establishes a communication link between the lead vehicle and the first remote vehicle responsive to receipt of the wireless linking message at the first remote vehicle. The one or more processors remotely control movement of the first remote vehicle via the communication link.